Circulating and agitating device



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. Te a whom it My m a- B it kn n ha L. Rem e W- l es a i en f theUn t d3 at s es ding t B h m oa in th -vita f B enna and State of New'Yorlg,have. invented oer-: tain new and useful Improvements in Gil'cu: l ltingand Agitating Devices, of which the following is, a specification.

;My. inventipn relates to improvements in circulating and agitatingdevices, for use, in tanning, dyeingand other purposes and it as for isobjeo j to provide an agitator which automatically compensates for thefluid being circulated, I accomplish these results. y a Series f slidinva es p ate y t t e lv s being; a e e eclenr the thru which the fiuid'isforced by centrifiugal P m s a d i peei e nd 01mins o th valves eont elfld by e d pth at h flu in the vat or other receptacle containing. the.

- fluid. case the tank is full, all the floats will and the valvesclose'an d the fluidliquid.

fl ws elutc e .Ppe ect he p ne n as the level of the liquid dropsto apoint as th t. he pp r a oat no looser raise by the level of the liquid;the float will drop, 5 Op ni t e cor esp n ing upper a relieving theflow of to a new lower As the'level; continues, to fall,

corresponding floats will Ydrop opening the valve and flow offthe.liquid at a new level. This action insures. Tnianinnun an liftconsequent inaxirniin agitationfo t 'li tfl se objects nviewmy in entionco sists in c r i n ve teatu es t struction and arrangements of parts.as Will be h reinai e more m-flu des ibe and pointed out in the claims,neterence bein had to the accompanying drawings, in wh Fig. 1 is a sideview ofmy device.

Fig. 2 is a side veiw of a fragmentary part of my device partly in crosssection.

Flg. 3 is a plan view of apart of my device. I

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a part of 'my dev1ce. v

I Fig. 5 is a plan view of a part of my device. i

Fig. 6 is a side view of a part of my device.

The same reference characters denote like parts in each of the severalfigures of the drawings.

In carrying out my invention,.in a suitnorwawmo DEVICE,

14, 1925. Serial No. 619,039.

able vat or. container 13 I provide. asectional ubula er ica bodyportion A, which may be. rectangu r in form, shown in the views orcircular and; composed of a series of. sections oi: casings 2, 2. 2.spaced apart by the open spaces 3. 3, 3 and each support ed on theinterior vertical supports 5. 5. mounted in the interior corner of thesec: tions 2. 2. 2, which supports 5. 5. 5.,are. mounted upon the base6, which is composed of the top 6, the end wall; ,7' and the base 8.Mounted in any con-venient manner within the casing structure A, I havethe vertical pulley and power. shaft 9, having its lower end mounted inthe, irnpellerbr propeller 1G of a centrifiugal I pump, which ispivotal-1y mounted on the. base-plate 11 and on the top. oft shaft '9. Iave the pulley 12 or o her propelling. device; and also rigidly mountedon the, shaft 91, low nul-lev 1,2, and above casing. A, Iliave he. d skX supported in an; convenient. manner. The impeller 10 as is. shown inFig. 1 opens into the channel; Y, formed by the end wall 7 and basepartition 8, which forms a passage channel 13. up into, the verticalsectional. bodv portion A. Mounted on the outside, of the sections 2. 2.2.. I- have the parallel lugsor support 154,. 14;. 1.4:; slid ably.mounted on the exterior of: the sections 2 2. 2,, I have the sleeves 15.h having. on the two opposite sides thereof. the vertical lugs 16. 16,and; pivotally nioune ed in the side supports 14:. 1.4;. I have thefiorked lever 17.. 17. 17. the parallel ends of which have pivotalconnection with the vertical lugs 16. '16. 15;. each forked lever 17 hascentrally mounted. in its outer 5 11 tape; the rod 18, on the end ofwhich is mounted, a hollow float 1 9. lllonnted 01. the pulley 12 I havea belt or. other means con meeting with any convenient source of powerfor the operation of the pump.

In the operation of my device, having applied the power to the pulley 12and produced the operation of the pump thru the shaft A, the revolvingof the centrifugal pump draws the liquid from the bottom of the vat ortub, forcing it up thru the channel 13; and the lowering of the liquidcauses the float 19 to fall. therebv acting upon the lever 17 causes itto raise the sleeve 15 and open the sectional space 3 between thesections and causes the liquid to pass out at that point from thetubular casing and so on with the several sliding sleeves along thecasing A by the operation of the floats effected bythe liquid, andcausing the sleeves or gates to rise or fall and to open and close thesection openings 8. 3, thereby creating an even and continuouscirculation thru the entire liquid area as before described. As theliquid rises, the float carried by its surface is lifted and operatingthe lever 17, moves the sleeve 15 downward, closing the correspondingopening 3, thus forcing the liquid to a higher level, until the nextupper section at opening 3 is reached when it flows out thru the opening23, causing the surface level to rise and with it, the tloat whichcloses the corersponding opening 3, as oefore described. l i hen theliquid. reaches the top of casing A, it tlows out of the casing andcontacts with revolving (llSlY X which causes the liquid to spray and hefurther agitated.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and for which Idesire Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In an improvement in circulating and agitating devices, a vat,containing the liquid to be agitated; a vertical sectional tubularhousing, mounted in a base chamher support on the floor of the vat; achannel opening therethru to said housing; a pivoted centrifugal pumpimpeller mounted in said base chamber, adjacent to the channel opening;a shaft mounted in said impeller and extending upward thru the housing;a pulley, mounted thereon and connecting means between said pulley and asource of power, openings thru the housing sections. sliding sleeves,mounted on the housing, adapted to removably close the openings; lugsmounted on the housing, supporting a forked lever having pivotalconnection with the sleeves, a float mounted on the outer end of lever,adapted to be raised or lowered with the rise or fall of liquid withinthe receiving vat.

2. In an improvement in circulating and agitating devices; a vat,containing the liquid to be agitated, a vertical sectional tubularhousing with sectional openings in j acent to said channel; means forpropelling said pump, connected with a source of power; sliding sleevesmounted on the housing, each sleeve having pivotal connection with alever, mounted on the housing and sustaining a float, mounted thereon,adapted to be raised or lowered with the rise or fall of the liquidwithin the receiving vat, caused by the movement of the pump.

A circulating and agitating device comprising a pump having an outlet,an upstanding conduit communicating with the pump outlet, said conduitbeing provided intermediate its ends with a plurality of dischargeopenings and float controlled devices for opening and closing saidopenings adjacent the surface level of the liquid.

4. A fluid circulating and agitating device comprising a vat containingthe fluid to be circulated and agitated, a pump within the vat, anupstanding discharge conduit from the pump, said conduit provided atdilferent levels with outlet openings, float operated valves forcontrolling the outlet openings and a deflector at the upper end of thedischarge conduit.

5. In acirculating and agitating device, a vat, a circulating pump forwithdrawing fluid from near the bottom of the tank and discharging itabove the pump and means for maintaining the discharge from the pumpadjacent the surface of the liquid at diiierent levels.

6. A process of circulating and agitating liquids comprising withdrawingthe liquid from the bottom of a container and automatically dischargingit adjacent the surface level of the liquid in the container regardlessof the level of the liquid.

7. A method of circulating and agitating comprising withdrawing theliquid from near the hottom of a container, discharging it adjacent thesurface level thereof, and automatically compensating for the variationsin the height of the level of. the liquid circulated.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

RENSSELAER W'. BARTON.

